Bus operators are charging exorbitant and arbitrary fares for advance tickets from the home-goers on the occasion Eid-ul-Azha.
A visit to some of the city's bus counters revealed that the operators have raised bus ticket prices by Tk 100 to Tk 1,000 each, based on destinations, violating the government direction.
September 2 is likely to be the [...]

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested the managing director (MD) of Keya Yarn Mills Ltd on Sunday for allegedly misappropriating Tk 1.11 billion from Karwan Bazar Corporate Branch of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) in the capital.
Keya Yarn MD Abdul Khaleque Pathan was detained from the city's Segunbagicha area in the afternoon by ACC headquarters deputy director Md [...]

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said all damaged roads and highways will be readied before holy Eid-ul-Azha for smooth traffic of the homebound passengers, reports BSS.
"Currently 23 points of different national and regional highways from one to three kilometres are under flood water. The flood water wiped away some 18 points of northern [...]

A BNP senior leader alleged on Sunday Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda's recent statements demonstrate that he has taken a secret oath to the Prime Minister to help Awami League (AL) return to power, reports UNB
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the allegation while speaking at a press [...]

KUSHTIA, Aug 20 (BSS): A senior Awami League (AL) leader said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is talking nonsense to hide their misdeeds.
AL joint general secretary Mahbub-ul Alam Hanif made the comments while talking to reporters before joining a discussion organised by Islamic University (IU) in the city, marking the National Mourning Day [...]

A study on 'ICT Job Market in Bangladesh' will be conducted to collect information for preparing an effective work plan for the sector's development.
Daffodil International University (DIU) in association with jobsbd.com will conduct the study as announced at a launching ceremony at the conference room of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) in [...]

A gathering of hundreds of white nationalists in Virginia took a deadly turn on Saturday when a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters and killed at least one person in a flare up of violence that challenged US President Donald Trump.
The state's governor blamed neo-Nazis for sparking the unrest in the college town of [...]

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Authorities have decided to reconsider the idea of further reducing duty on rice import as the tax incentives caused the exchequer substantial loss to little benefit for consumers.
Sources said such dilemma cropped up as an impact analysis by a wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) found out that market largely ignored [...]

There exist numerous quasi-fiscal activities in the country which adversely impact the budget, sometimes creating financial distortions.
Experts believe such factors also affect profitability of the central bank and some other regulators, leading to their poor contribution to the consolidated fund of the government.
Among the quasi-fiscals are subsidised lending, credit ceiling, bailout packages, exchange-rate guarantees, charging [...]

JHALOKATHI, Aug 12 (BSS): Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said the next national election will be held as per the constitution and no conspiracies will be able to obstruct it.
"Next national election will be held as per the constitution and none have the powers to act outside the purview of it. No conspiracies will be [...]